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Forbes’ 27th annual report of the world’s richest people of 2013 listed 1,426 billionaires, whose total assets totalled an estimated value of $5.4tn, compared to $4.6tn the year before, the result of the introduction of 200 new billionaires onto the world stage.
Of these billionaires, 442 live in the United States, with 386 in Asia and the Pacific, 366 in Europe, and 123 in the Middle East.
The average worth of those on the Forbes list was $3.8bn, with 138 of those listed being women, 34 more than in 2012. The women included Lilian Batancour, who placed 9th on the list with an estimated worth of $30bn.
Despite economic problems in Spain, Amancio Ortego, owner of the supermarket chain Zara Shahira, secured the largest increase in wealth compared to the previous year, with his total assets valued at an estimated $19.5bn.
In terms of richest Arabs, Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal came in at first place, and 26th on the list overall, with an estimated worth of $20bn, followed by Muhammad Al-Amudi of Saudi Arabia, the second richest Arab listed by Forbes, 65th on the list overall, with an estimated value of $13.5bn
RANK |
NAME |
COUNTRY |
Aggregate Net worth
|
1 | Carlos Slim Helu & family | Mexico | $73B |
2 | Bill Gates | United States
| $67B |
3 | Amancio Ortega | Spain | $57B |
4 | Warren Buffet | United States | $53.5B |
5 | Larry Ellison | United States | $43B |
20 | Larry Page | United States | $23B |
21
| Sergey Brin | United States | $22.8B |
26 | Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Alsaud | Saudi Arabia | $20B |
30
| George Soros | United States | $19.2B |
65
| Mohammed Al Amoudi | Saudi Arabia | $13.5B |
66
| Tadashi Yanai & family | Japan | $13.3B |
69 | Donald Bren | United States | $13B |
166 | Ralph Lauren | United States | $7B |
182 | Nassef Sawiris | Egypt | $6.5B |
198 | Sulaiman Al Rajhi & family | Saudi Arabia | $6B |
376
| Majid Al Futtaim | United Arab Emirates | $3.6B |
384 | Najib Mikati | Lebanon | $3.5B |
384
| Taha Mikati | Lebanon | $3.5B |
437
| Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Ghurair & family | United Arab Emirates | $3.1B |
437 | Othman Benjelloun | Morocco | $3.1B |
554 | Prince Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer | Saudi Arabia | $2.6B |
589 | Naguib Sawiris | Egypt | $2.5B |
613 | Bahaa Hariri | Lebanon | $2.4B |
641 | Mohammed Al Issa | Saudi Arabia | $2.3B |
670 | Abdullah Al Rajhi | Saudi Arabia | $2.2B |
670 | Mohamed Mansour | Egypt | $2.2B |
736 | Yasseen Mansour | Egypt | $2B |
736 | Onsi Sawiris | Egypt | $2B |
785 | Saleh Kamel | Saudi Arabia | $1.95B |
785 | Youssef Mansour | Egypt | $1.95B |
922 | Abdulla Al Futtaim | United Arab Emirtaes | $1.65B |
1031 | Mohamed Al Fayed | Egypt | $1.4B |
1031 | Saif Al Ghurair & family | United Arab Emirates | $1.4B |
